54 Quotes by Wayne Hale

People are already calling us and asking us can they display one of our orbiters in their museum after we're done. I'm not giving anybody anything until we're all agreed the station is complete and the shuttles' job is done.

It does depend on what happens with those flights because when we get back from a mission, we have to see if there's anything that affects the next flight.

I would not call that a serious launch date at this point.

We've looked end-to-end at the shuttle to make improvements and make it safer than it has ever been.

We have cleared Discovery to re-enter and we have decided not to take any action on the thermal blanket because we think that it represents negligible concern at this time.

We have not set an official launch date,

We have looked at that and it is a doable thing but the margins are small. It's better to have a plan, than to not have one.

We have looked at that and it is a doable thing but the margins are small, ... It's better to have a plan, than to not have one.

There are a total of 34 ice frost ramps on the external tank.